NEW UPDATE: Fight for the Toronto Raps! Leave the Huskies in the past. SIGN PETITION!

There's a very weak movement about that wants bring back a local sport team name that belongs in the past. But we say to this: The Huskies Are History!

Our basketball community needs to stop living in the past. If we are to grow we need to focus on the future and harness the power of the present and dedicate ourselves to building a legacy of success. This is the energy that exists in the name of our basketball team: Toronto RAPTORS.

Support the Toronto Raptors NBA nickname by signing this petition. SIGN HERE

Let's all stop trying to live in the past where the Toronto Huskies name rightfully belongs. There absolutely no pride, tradition or mystic surrounding the the Huskies name. The name has a historical purpose in Toronto sports history and it's a relic that belongs to remain a long past memory.

If there's one thing the Toronto basketball franchise currently possesses that has the strength to rally the people of Toronto and the conviction to garner the support of the entire Canadian populous, and that's our name: The Toronto "Raptors" - one of the fierecest, most vicious and deadliest animals to ever exists. Raptors distinctly enbolden the spirit of canadia basketball in Canada.

Let's raise our fists and let's all fight to keep the coolest and most original team nicknames in all professional sports.

Let's Fight to Keep the Toronto Raps!

Last edited by James Ballswin (Realizar); Mon May 3rd, 2010 at 03:41 PM.

I'm not loving the Huskies, but it's definitely better than the Raptors. At least the Huskies has some meaning to the country. "Raptors" sounded cool in 1995 when Jurassic Park came out. Then the fad died and the name is as pointless as ever.

I'm not loving the Huskies, but it's definitely better than the Raptors. At least the Huskies has some meaning to the country. "Raptors" sounded cool in 1995 when Jurassic Park came out. Then the fad died and the name is as pointless as ever.

If anything, Raptors is the name that belongs in the dustbin of history. It was a family-friendly, Hollywood-inspired gimmick that I've disliked since day 1. I just don't see myself telling my kids (or grandkids) about "Those great championship Raptors teams of the 20xxS".

Maybe a name/branding change will also alter the negative miasma that hangs over this perennially out-of-the-playoffs franchise. (I know, not the way to do it).

Raptors are dangerous creatures who hunt in packs... so basically raptors are a team oriented creatures

anyways... Jurassic park.....its more about T-Rex than raptors?

Raptors sounds better than Bulls, Bobcats, Lakers and etc ... why do we need another team with animals (mammals) names...is it really original?

Actually, VELOCIraptors WERE dangerous creatures, most likely. Unfortunately they have been dead for 65 million years. And there are more scenes with the velociraptors in the movie than with the T-Rex.